I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
MENANDERChance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
More Menander Quotes
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
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The workman still is greater than his work.
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Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.
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No just person ever became quickly rich.
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Nothing is more useful than silence.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.
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Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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He who labors diligently need never despair.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
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He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.
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If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men’s troubles and that will comfort you.
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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
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Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
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Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Conscience is a God to all mortals.
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